Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-21

tent. The years 1885 and 1886 have
shown the Justice of this prediction
in the development of new fields to sup
port the increased production. The new
GegeoiC district which produced 1922
tons in 1884, increased to Ill ,661 tons in
1885, and increased this four-fold in
1886, has been the scene of unparalleled
Developments and the same is true of the
Yermillion district of Minnesota. The
confidence with which capital has
been invested in these new claims
is due to the advice OF biologists
to extend the mines in this direction.
New mines are the result and not the
cause of the increased imports of Spanish
ores during the last year as a result of
higher prices. This shows that the rem
edy for prospective exhaustion is still fur
Their exploration for mines to which geOl-
Cgists point in various parts OF the couu-
try. Many of the large deposits have been
neglected as not suitable for making steel
by the ordinary acid process, aud in
others the percentage of iron is not at
traCtive, but much attention will I'M
dou5tedly be given to these ores within
the next few years. This tendency is
seen at one locality in Tennessee by en-
increase from 20, 107 long tons in 1884. to
81 ,3l9 long tons in 1885, and even sill
ciOus ores at Cornwall, Pa, show in
creased use.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-Tclegrams
have been received protesting against the
bill for bridge across the river at Grand
Tower for the St. Louis, Arkansas and
Texas Railroad. President Gaiennie and
" tal nir
official capacity that the Merchants
Exchange is of the opinion that 8
bridge with less than go feet spans, or
less than fifty feet above high-water mark,
will be great obstruction to navigation,
located at Grand Tower, or at any other
place on the river below St Louis. Presi-
dent Haarstick of the Barge Liue enters
more into detail, and is very earnest in
his opposition TO the present bill.
As originally introduced this bill
provided for high CIR low bridge, and
was worded in almost the exact Ian
guage of the bill for the merchants
bridge ct St. Louis. The Grand Tower
bill was referred to the engineers, and
came back with the draw proposition
marked out and the dimensions of spans
changed to conform to the merchants bill
as passed recently. In this form the
Grand Tower bridge bill has been re-
ported favorablY in the Senate.
RX-ARNY MEN ANNOYED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-Genersl Bragg
OF Wisconsin, and other ex-armY men,
have been greatly annoyed by impostors
wearing badges of army organizations In
order TO prevent the wearing of decora-
tons OF devices by Unauthorized persons,
the General introduced bill in January
last which provided that any violation of
the act should be deemed misdemeauOr,
punishable by fine of 500, or imprisoG-
ment not exceeding sixty days, or both,
in the discretion of the courts. The
judiciary committee, after short consid-
Grafton, has decided that Con
gress has no constitutional right
to pass such q measure, and that the
9ill in question does not come within the
powers expressed in the constitution
Although Congress cannot act in this mat
ter, the organizations whose devices or
badges are Counterfeited and worn by the
impostors can, it is said, proceed against
such persons in the local police courts.